INSIDE THE RAINBOW by Sandy Sinclair, Alaskan bush teacherNot just memoirs of an ol teacher but the author deals with how the events of the past may be connected to our current life.
Imagining the figure of the fictional detective as an archetype in the study of modern culture, the author argues that contemporary detective fiction can help us better comprehend fundamental shifts of the Digital Age--in communication, family, entertainment, society, even the way we think as individuals.
In its updated and expanded second edition, this helpful guide offers a wealth of information for people living with HIV and for people caring for HIV-positive loved ones.
The self-proclaimed "e;Hottest Band in the World,"e; KISS is one of the most popular groups in the history of rock, having sold more than 100 million albums during their more than 40-year reign.
This is the saga of one of the most fabulous characters that ever lived: Ben Hogan, better known as the Gentleman from Hell, who was living proof that fact is stranger than fiction.
Kenny Tedford was born with brain damage that left him with the intellectual ability of a 4th grader, deaf in both ears, legally blind in one eye, partial paralysis on his left side, and difficulty speaking until the age of ten-a remarkable combination of Helen Keller and Forrest Gump.
A cinematic and vibrant coming-of-age memoir, Chasing the Panther captures the thrilling and, at times, heartbreaking early years of Carolyn Pfeiffer, a pioneering film producer and one of Hollywood's first female executivesa ';mini-mogul' in the words of the Wall Street Journal.
This book chronicles the personal journey of pioneering female winery owner Susan Sokol Blosser, from deciding on a whim to grow wine grapes in the early 1970s, to the trials and tribulations of starting her family-owned winery, Sokol Blosser, in the then little-known Willamette Valley, to the transfer of leadership from the first generation to the present.
FALL IN LOVE WITH THE LIFE YOU ALREADY HAVE Its easy to think that meaning, fulfillment, and bliss are out there, somewhere outside of our daily routine.
A fervent, lifelong student of Zen, Alan Watts shows us that it is both an experience - a singular, powerful moment of realization - and a simple way of life, with an awareness that affects every moment of every day.
Arrested in 1960 for being philosophically and religiously opposed to communism, Armando Valladares was interned at Cubas infamous Isla de Pinos Prison (from whose barred windows he watched the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion).
As an administrator and teacher at San Antonio's Trinity University for five decades, Coleen Grissom saw the rise of feminism, the sexual revolution, and the tragic deaths of students, friends, and family.
During histhirty-eight-year career as a military officer, Henry Clay Merriam received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War, rose to prominence in the Western army, and exerted significant influence on the American West by establishing military posts, protecting rail lines, and maintaining an uneasy peace between settlers and Indians.
Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new way-congregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary.
In 2003, Brad Warner blew the top off the Buddhist book world with his irreverent autobiography/manifesto, Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth about Reality.
Despite being blinded as a child, Jacques Lusseyran went on to help form a key unit of the French Resistance - and survive the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp.
How does a real-life Zen master - not the preternaturally calm, cartoonish Zen masters depicted by mainstream culture - help others through hard times when he's dealing with pain of his own?
In this new edition of his acclaimed autobiography - long out of print and rare until now - Alan Watts tracks his spiritual and philosophical evolution.
